Denarius, type 1


Obverse
Obverse legend
Reverse legend
Reverse

HLVDOVVICVS IMP AVG (Laureate and draped bust of Louis The Pious on the right).

TVRONES (circular legend around a city gate with a cross below).



Photo of the copy preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (public domain), link to the page of their website showing the photo of the coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10413022t.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4463541;2.

 

Three other copies preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (public domain), link to the page of their website showing the photo of the first coin: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10455986f.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=1244641;2. Link to the sale: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10413021c.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4012895;2. Link to their website: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10413020x.r=louis%20le%20pieux?rk=4227488;4.

 

Yet three other copies preserved at the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen of Berlin, link to the page of their website showing the photo of the first coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2376312&viewType=detailView. Link to the second coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2376313&viewType=detailView. Link to the third coin: http://www.smb-digital.de/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=2376314&viewType=detailView.

 

One coin sold by Hess Divo AG, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2001010.

 

Another coin sold by Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3989353.


G F XF 40 AU 58 MS 63 MS 65
1 300 500 800 ? ? ?